Month November 2002

Rattled Czechs hand security over to the PentagonThis is truly unusual, a soveriegn country turning their security over, however temporarily, to another country. The Czech President, Vaclav Havel, has signed into law a bill handing responsibility for his country’s security…

Fierce Montenegrins ready for union – maybe Yugoslavia will soon formally become “Serbia and Montenegro” — if all goes according to plan. But the fierce independence and machismo of towering “hillbilly Serbs” means anything can happen in a region of…

White House yields on  9/11 InquiryAnd just why has Shrub been so opposed to a 9/11 inquiry? Yielding to intense pressure from families of Sept. 11 victims, the White House agreed last night to a Congressional compromise that would create…

11 Israelis Die in Hebron Shootings. HEBRON, West Bank Nov. 15 Palestinian militants opened fire on Jewish worshippers as they walked toward a shrine after sundown Friday in this divided city, killing at least 11 people and wounding 15 others,…

Women’s vigil and fast at White House, Nov. 17 to Mar. 8 “Join prominent women and women’s organizations across the country for this historic peace vigil and rolling fast in front of the White House in Washington DC starting Sunday,…